Legal Opinion

Swanson v. Citibank, N.A.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 30, 2010No. 10-1122PublishedCited by 1,654 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Gloria Swanson sued Citibank, Andre Lanier, and Lanier’s employer, PCI Appraisal Services, because she believed that all three had discriminated against her on the basis of her race (African-American) when Citibank turned down her application for a home-equity loan. Swanson also named her husband, Charles Routen, as a co-plaintiff and a co-appellant but since Swanson is proceeding pro se, she may not represent her husband. See Fed.R.CivP. 11(a); Malone v. Nielson, 474 F.3d 934, 937 (7th Cix.2007). We have therefore dismissed Routen as a party on appeal; we proceed solely…

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